Why do world maps always show the Americas on the west and Asia on the east?

Question

If the world is round can we make any point of the world the center in maps? Or is there a specific reason all the world maps show the continents in the same orientation?

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Answer 1

Well, a major advantage is that by cutting the map off in the middle of the Pacific is that you’re not cutting off any major land masses, besides a small mostly uninhabited bit of Siberia.

The real reason, though, is that European colonizers decided the middle of the map would be a line running through Greenwich England, for reasons.